***May 2014 Challenge***

eschano · Post by **eschano** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 4:22 pm

I know, it's one more day but I'm already so excited to start!

1 Green
2 Green
3 S-Day
4 S-Day
5 NWS - Day
6 Green heavy green
7 Green
8 Green
9 Green
10 S-Day
11 S-Day
12 Green
13 Fail - lovely lemon cake at the Italian Restaurant we hold events in. Worthy.
14 Green
15 Green
16 Green
17 S-Day
18 S-Day
19 Green
20 Green
21 Green
22 Green
23 Green
24 S-Day
25 S-Day
26 NWS-Day
27 Green
28 Green
29 Green
30 Green
31 S-Day

I took my NWS days at my bank holidays.

sweetaj · Post by **sweetaj** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 4:50 pm

I will join you!

1 Fail Dairy Queen blizzard at work in the afternoon.
2 Fail
3 S-Day
4 S-Day
5 Fail
6 Fail
7 Fail
8 Fail
9 Fail
10 S-Day
11 S-Day
12 Success
13 Success
14 Success
15 Fail
16
17 S-Day
18 S-Day
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24 S-Day
25 S-Day
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27
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30
31 S-Day

Beth32 · Post by **Beth32** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 5:31 pm

I'm in. It was helpful last month.

1 N A great green too!!! Nice hearty and filling meals but no overeating.
2 N

3 S-Day

4 S-Day

5 N Mexican food....even with chips and salsa, still managed to control myself.
6 N Red but totally worth it! We found this really neat German restaurant that was AMAZING. I ate waayyy more than I should, including Black Forrest Cake!!! I know. I should be more upset. Can't though...too yummy.

7 N Broke the 2 day red curse that plagued me last month. Woot!
8 N
9 N Family arrived for the cruise.

10 S-Day Cruise!
11 S-Day Cruise!

12 Cruise!
13 Cruise!
14 Cruise!
15 Cruise!
16 N Hard recovery!!!

17 S-Day
18 S-Day

19 N Back on track...

20 N Key Lime Cheesecake. Yum.
21 N Mmmm...pre Eddie Izzard dinner. Couldn't stop myself.
22 N

23 N

24 S-Day
25 S-Day

26 N Had cider at a cookout but still counts.
27 N Should be stress eating...but did not.
28 N 3 full meals.
29 N Light Fail...emergency recees cup.
30 N

31 S-Day

clarinetgal · Post by **clarinetgal** » Thu May 01, 2014 12:52 pm

I'm in! April wasn't my best month. I want May to be better.

1. Success!
2. Fail I ate a bunch of junk tonight.

3. S Day. Since I have the mod of allowing myself a small amount of sweets each day, I don't do traditional S Days, but I do relax my eating on the weekends (such as the occasional snacks, a less healthy breakfast, etc...)
4. S Day
5. Success!
6. Fail
7. Fail I didn't quite follow No S today, but I came much closer, so I'm calling today a minor fail.
8. Fail
9. Fail I had a great morning and afternoon, but it went downhill in the evening. Oh well.
10. S Day
11. S Day
12. Fail I had a little bit of a hard time getting back on track after this weekend, but my eating wasn't too excessive.
13. NWS Day. My DH and I went on our first date in 3 months.

14. Success!
15. Fail
16. Success!
17. S Day
18. S Day. Both S Days were very tame.

19. Fail
20. Success!
21. Fail I was really stressed out about a couple of upcoming medical tests. I talked to some family members, and I feel a little better now.
22. Success!
23. Fail
24. S Day
25. S Day Both days were very tame.

26. NWS for Memorial Day
27. Fail
28. A very minor fail, because I had a small bag of chips between lunch and dinner. Otherwise, it was a good eating day.
29. NWS day. I had some medical tests today.
30. Fail Not a horrible eating day, but I keep eating after dinner.

31. S Day

Dhack · Post by **Dhack** » Thu May 01, 2014 3:48 pm

I'm in Vegas right now so diet is REALLY hard for me. I want to stay accountable (and not get home with a HUGE gain!).

1-Vegas
2-Vegas
3-Vegas
4-I'm home now, and a RED day. Sigh!!
5-Wow!! I blew it this morning already!:(
6-:D yay! Finally back on track!!
7-:D
8-FAILURE
9-S day
10-FAILURE- no excuse...a good (green) day that went bad(red!)
11-S day mother's day brunch... Really want (need!) 5 GREEN DAYS in a row next week!
12-FAILURE
13-:D
14-FAILURE
15-FAILURE
16-FAILURE so TIRED of this red streak!! Ack!!!
17-:D
18-FAILURE
19-S day
20-FAILURE Doesn't my body know bathing suit season is around the corner?!?! :/
21-FAILURE
22- Failure
23-:D
24-S day
25-S day
26-S day
27-Failure one of these days will be green!!
28-:D
29-Failure i guess it'a good I'm still marking all these reds...greens would be better, of course!
30-S day
31-S day

automatedeating · Post by **automatedeating** » Thu May 01, 2014 5:57 pm

I'm in for this month with my RaisingReaders challenge (for the third month in a row). M/W-1 hour each; T/Th-30 minutes each; F/Sun-20 minutes each; Saturday-S Day
1-S Day, out of town
2-S Day, out of town
3-S Day
4-:oops: FAIL
5-

6-

7-

emergency modification to 20 min
8-

9-

11-

12- S Day (son's BD)
Tues, 13th-:)
Wed, 14- Fail.... made it 30 minutes
Thurs, 15- Total Fail, like the WTH effect this week!!!
Friday, 16- FAIL
Sat, 17-S Day
Sun, 18-

(YAY!!!!!)
Mon, 19 -

YAYYYYYY!
Tues, 20 -

Wed, 21 -

Thur, 22 -

Fri, 23 - FAIL
Sat, 24 - S Day
Sun, 25-

Mon, 26 -

Tues, 27 - S Day (strep throat)
Wed, 28-

(had a moderate goal of 30 minutes because I have strep throat)
Thur, 29-

Fri, 30-

Sat, 31 - S Day

Looks like I had 5 fails this month. Not bad. The rough patch really came with two events: 1 was my son's birthday week (3 fails); and a night with visitors that I was overambitious.

All in all, this month went better than I might have expected. I'm proud of myself, I guess (which probably means I'll do awful in June!!)

Fighting Inertia · Post by **Fighting Inertia** » Fri May 02, 2014 8:43 pm

Alright, I'm going to try this out to keep myself accountable. I was doing well, but became derailed. First day back on the horse and feeling pretty good so far.

1 The past is in the past...
2 Green
3 S-Day
4 S-Day
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7
8
9
10 S-Day
11 S-Day
12
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17 S-Day
18 S-Day
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24 S-Day
25 S-Day
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30
31 S-Day

Imogen Morley · Post by **Imogen Morley** » Sat May 03, 2014 6:57 am

Joining in. All that random eating and switching between vanilla and mods is killing me. I can't afford a whole new wardrobe now!

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idiotic S-day
2

3

53.8/118 sane S-day
4

idiotic S-day - in my case, snacking begets snacking
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10

weigh-in
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weigh-in
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weigh-in
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31

weigh-in

butterfly1000 · Post by **butterfly1000** » Sun May 04, 2014 12:46 pm

During the whole month of April I was coming here wanting to jump in with the challenge but afraid that it would be like the other times when I do so badly that I just stop reporting it (and April was a really really bad month). I'm going to try for 1 week. It won't be completely no S. I'm going to try and tackle my biggest issues first.
No sweets / No cereal after supper / Walk on most days (even if it's just a walk around the block) -- just get up and do it!

Here it goes... No sweets / No cereal after supper / walk

S4:S Day
M5:

First good day in a very very long time.

T6:

Got home too late to go for a walk
W7:
T8:
F9:
S10:
S11:

MerryKat · Post by **MerryKat** » Mon May 05, 2014 1:19 pm

Aiming to focus on the habit rather than the numbers right now so:

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- Sick
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- Sick
15 -

- Sick
16 -

- Sick
17 -

- Sick
18 -

- Sick

19 -

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22 -

23 -
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25 -

Exercise days are an added bonus but not my main focus.

Beth32 · Post by **Beth32** » Wed May 07, 2014 2:28 pm

eschano · Post by **eschano** » Mon May 12, 2014 8:13 am

bump! New week

samosaurus · Post by **samosaurus** » Wed May 14, 2014 6:44 pm

Can I join? New to the program, but started yesterday

13 - Green
14 - Green
15 - Green
16 - NWS-Day
17 - S-Day
18 - S-Day
19 - Green
20 - Red
21 - Green
22 - Red
23 - Red
24 - S-Day
25 - S-Day
26
27
28
29
30
31 - S-Day

eschano · Post by **eschano** » Thu May 15, 2014 8:24 am

Of course! The more the merrier

Welcome!

Ursula · Post by **Ursula** » Thu May 15, 2014 5:13 pm

Yay! Another place to post!

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-- weigh day: 142
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tobiasmom · Post by **tobiasmom** » Fri May 16, 2014 2:25 pm

I'm joining in mid-month!

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eschano · Post by **eschano** » Fri May 16, 2014 3:13 pm

Welcome!

samosaurus · Post by **samosaurus** » Fri May 16, 2014 3:23 pm

awesome, welcome! I'm not the only mid-monther

Mariposa1127 · Post by **Mariposa1127** » Fri May 16, 2014 6:08 pm

Sounds Fun!

16 Success!
17 S-Day
18 S-Day
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24 S-Day
25 S-Day
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30
31 S-Day

automatedeating · Post by **automatedeating** » Fri May 16, 2014 6:09 pm

oh, are we only halfway through May? I feel like it's been May for months!

Beth32 · Post by **Beth32** » Tue May 20, 2014 2:45 pm

eschano · Post by **eschano** » Tue May 27, 2014 8:12 am

New week - new luck bump

oolala53 · Post by **oolala53** » Thu May 29, 2014 8:57 pm

4 minutes vigor is minimum; got in 6.

clarinetgal · Post by **clarinetgal** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 5:59 am

This was not my best month. I really struggled with eating late at night, for a variety of reasons ( I'm working on breaking myself of that habit). On the positive side, I didn't gain any weight.

oolala53 · Post by **oolala53** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 7:18 pm

clarinetgal, I hear ya. I've been having a bad time with "witching hour" eating (2:30- 4:30) that then often goes on all evening. This has been going on off and on for a few months. I know why but I don't know how to fix it just yet. Rather annoying after 4 years, but I'm hoping it's the last hiccup before I get to the five-year gold standard.

Been trying to do reading to increase my motivation to exercise more, as I know that is my real next best step, if health is any motive at all. I don't really expect it to make a huge difference in weight. I think only peace with other parts of my life can do that. And that's not something No S can fix.

clarinetgal · Post by **clarinetgal** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 7:03 am

Oolala, It definitely sounds like a rough patch, but I'm sure you'll find a way out of it. I do think regular exercise will really help you. I know it has helped me, in terms of improvement of mood, mobility and flexibility, better blood work, etc... It doesn't help me lose weight, but it makes it easier for me to maintain weight. Yes, I think there are other factors in life that can help or hinder weight loss.

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